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I. W. CONSELYEA.

'TRUNK CATCH. No. 251,351. Patented Dec. 27,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA W'. GONSELYEA, OF NEWARK, NEV JERSEY.

TRUNK-CATCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,351, dated December27, 1881.

Application filed October 27, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be-it known that I, IRA W. GoNsELYEA, of Newark, in lthe county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTrunkGatches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a trunk-catch; and it consists in an operativebolt made to connect a case and nose-piece relatively on the body andcover ofa trun k, the bolt having an end extending out beyond the casein which it is held to enter the nose-piece, and is made to lock orunlock with or from the nose-piece by a partial motion on its axis, andis held in position, locked or unlocked, by an operating-spring.

Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ot Fig. 1 on a line of xan Fig. 3 is an inverted plan. Fig. 4 is a cross-section ot' Fig. 1 on aline oft' t'. Fig. 5 is a detailed view.

In my construction, A is a case on the cover ot' a trunk, and B anose-piece on the body. These positions may be reversed, if desired.

(J is a bolt lying in the case, having an arm, D, at the upper end,extending outside ot' the case,with which to operate said bolt; and whenthe bolt is in position to engage the nose-piecel this'arm will lie downin a recess in the case andbe out of the way. (See Fig. 1.) The bolt hasan end extending below the case, with a catch, E, one side, and when thecover is brought down this catch end enters the nosepiece and engages acatch, F, on the inside of the upper end of the nose-piece, when thebolt is in the position as seen in Figs. l and 2. The bolt is made withone flut side, G, and transversely under it in the case is fixed aspring, H, made to bear against the bolt and hold it in position eitherwhen the bolt engages the nosepicce, as seen Ain Fig. 2, or when it isdisengaged from it, (see Fig. 3.) The spring presses the bolt forwardwhen in the position seen in Figs. 2 and 3, hutyields when the cover isbrought down and the beveled side ot' the catch slides down into thenose-piece over the catch F, and when in position the spring holds thetwo catches engaged. The catch is unlocked by a partial movement of thebolt on its axis by means of the arm D, and when in this releasedposition (see Fig. 3) the spring prevents a return ofthe bolt ofitself,` to a locking position.

I claim- A trunk-catch having the case A, carrying the'bolt G and springH, said bolt extending out of and below the case, and having a catch, E,to enter the nose-piece B and engage the catch F, said bolt beingoperated by a partial movement on its axis with an. arm, D,substantially as and for the purpose specied.

IRA YV. GONSELYEA.

Witnesses HORACE HARRIS, N C. BRISTOL.

